NCT01998997 2013.
Methods | Randomised controlled trial |
Participants | 79 hospitalised older (≥70 years) medical inpatients |
Interventions | Group 1: a family educational, non‐pharmacologic intervention will be administered to educate family members on how to prevent delirium. Family members will be encouraged to actively participate in this non‐pharmacologic intervention Group 2: the placebo group will be given a brochure on good health habits |
Outcomes | Primary outcome: acceptance rate of intervention over 14 weeks Secondary outcome (s): date of incident delirium (14 weeks) Other outcomes: difficulties in performing the intervention (14 weeks) |
Notes | ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01998997 Status: completed (last update 24/12/2015) |